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dm-ig
wrote on the 24 Mar 08 at 12:03
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Did you ever try too look into repository or google?
There are enough software for blogging.
E.g. Deepest Sender plugin for Firefox or, for example Drivel, which is almost same as DS, but standalone app.
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ZehRique
wrote on the 24 Mar 08 at 16:30
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dm-ig,
I've never looked for blogging software on the Linux platform, I only used the Scribe Fire plugin for Firefox once. I felt uncomfortable with it, so I've got this idea.
But I'll try these tools you said.
Thanks! :)
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BobCFC
wrote on the 25 Mar 08 at 05:44
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Give the Flock web browser a try. It is based on Firefox but has things like wordpress, blogger and flickr already integrated.
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ziroday
(Brainstorm moderator)
wrote on the 4 Apr 09 at 03:37
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There already exists an awful lot of gnome blogging applications. Marked as Implemented.
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How is this "implemented"?
There's blogging software available in the repositories, but having tried pretty much all the apps, none of them are very good. Some aren't even actively maintained any more.
There are many blogging apps, but quantity is no substitute for quality. It's a sad state of affairs where I'd rather shutdown my machine, boot up Windows and type out a blog post in Windows Live Writer than to just use the tools available natively.
I apologise if I seem outraged or angry, but I think that Windows Live Writer is a very good tool and we don't have any blogging software that even remotely compares. To say that we do and mark it as implemented is just plain deceit.
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Saying that this is "implemented" b/c "There already exists an awful lot of gnome blogging applications" is rather silly. Most applications don't work with the most popular blogging services (e.g., blogger / blogspot).
Allowing Microsoft free reign in this important niche market (important because it directly influences content makers and publishers) is terribly short-sighted. WLW is today more important than Outlook used to be a few years back.
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I agree with inbonobo and Flamekebab,
The only reason I still have windows installed is WLW. It is simply the best. I tried bloGTK and drivel and neither come close.
Please do something cool!
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arindom
wrote on the 10 Feb 10 at 06:48
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I also agree with the idea of having a similar tool like "Writer". "Writer" is very simple.
May be Gwibber can have the options for setting up different Blogs and post directly from it. Otherwise some other client where one can simply type in and post.
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Try the BloGTK Weblog Client.
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You can either install it from the Ubuntu Software center or from the terminal/shell using sudo apt-get install blogtk
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IF you have a blog and IF you HAVE TRIED Windows Live Writer then you would know what Flamekebab meant. I HAVE tested Drivel and BloGTK and they both are VERY FAR from being comparable to Windows Live Writer. It is also the ONLY reason I still need to keep Windows on my HDD.
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dckirba
wrote on the 2 Apr 11 at 13:09
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I must agree that the 'implementation' isn't really an implementation. As a blogger, I find myself restarting my laptop to log into windows just for Writer. Writer is a great tool and unfortunately we don't have anything that matches it in Ubuntu.
Blogging is something that more people are doing every day and it could become a great selling point for Ubuntu if it came loaded with an excellent piece of blog software.
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Wow. In two years the situation hasn't changed at all. Not one jot. I post a lot of content using Windows Live Writer, so much so that I gave up trying to use native tools and just installed Virtual Box so I could run Windows under Ubuntu and then run WLW within that.
It's rare that I praise a bit of Microsoft software but WLW is fantastic. The fact that we still have nothing that comes close to it under Ubuntu is a crying shame.
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cheesehead
(Brainstorm admin)
wrote on the 1 Jun 11 at 00:38
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Okay, so we'll reopen this idea.
But only +6 votes in 10 days before closure, and only a couple comments in two years since indicates a very low level of interest in this.
You may get a better and faster result if you get involved with existing linux author-tool projects and help steer them in a more appropriate direction.
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Perhaps it's not as big or as glamorous as some other ideas, but the the way it was deemed "implemented" suggested a rather blasé approach to the quality of the Ubuntu experience. The current blogging apps for Linux are, to be frank, awful.
-Blogilo hasn't been updated in at least 18 months. Not even a news post.
-It's been over a year since anything has happened with BloGTK.
As for the others, well, they're either long dead or I've not heard of them. Someone needs to spend some time with Windows Live Writer and build something similar (or better) as what we have at the moment is not remotely good enough.
If I could code, I'd have made this a personal project a long time ago, but alas that is one of the many skills I have tried to acquire and failed at. The best I can do is provide feedback, suggestions, and encourage others to try out a good project when I find one. Re-opening this idea is at least a start.
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I have found a great alternative that seems to be the closest thing to an acceptable solution for the time being.
1. Using the Chrome Browser, I added the ScribeFire extension.
2. After installing and clicking on the link, I followed the instructions to set up my blog in the extension.
3. In the browsers Tool Menu, I clicked "Create Application Shortcut" once I was logged into my blog, which then game me the option to add ScribeFire to both my desktop and/or the Applications menu...and now loads without the usual browser mess...looking only like another piece of native software.
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MChipp
wrote on the 21 Oct 11 at 15:34
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I've only just come across this topic, but I have to agree with many of the folks above. I have stuck with Windows 7 on my laptop primarily because there isn't a comparable blogging tool that can compete with Windows Live Writer.
I would love to see an alternative piece of software native to the Ubuntu OS that could hold its own against WLW.
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